Pecém Port receives three giant transformers weighing 106 tons each

Three giant transformers were delivered at APM Terminal in Ceará last weekend to be taken to Rio Grande do Norte. It took 10 days for the vessel to make the 4,000km trip from the Port of Imbituba in Santa Catarina, to Pecém Port on the west coast of Ceará. The three transformers were offloaded at berth 8 at the port’s Multiple Utilities Terminal (TMUT).

The electric power transformers (supplied by WEG S.A) were manufactured in Porto Alegre. Each of the three giants weighs 106 tons, the equivalent of almost four fully loaded containers. The total weight of a 40-foot container (cargo + tare) is 32.5 tons.

“Pecém is a port with multiple uses, serving several cargo segments. This cargo, which is outside the usual dimensions, required a special operation from our entire team. We tested our capacity for safety and productivity, in addition we concluded that cabotage was the ideal way to transport this type of cargo ”, says Raul Viana, Port Business Manager at the Pecém complex.

The transformers came through one of the six cabotage lines that regularly serve the Port of Pecém, the ALCT 2 line from Aliança Navegação e Logística. Today, the Ceará port terminal has the second largest number of cabotage lines (movement between Brazilian ports) in Brazil, with the Port of Santos in first place.

Two more transformer discharges are scheduled for February 13th and 20th. Altogether, seven transformers will be unloaded at the Port of Pecém. From the Ceará terminal, the equipment travels by road to the municipality of Assu, in Rio Grande do Norte.

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